First try at making hot dog buns today. Next time I’m definitely going to do 8 buns instead of 6. Other than that, do you have any tips or tricks to shaping them?

  • @prime_number_314159
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    156 months ago

    Disclaimer: I have not made hotdog buns.

    There’s a roll recipe I like that has you put a 3 by 4 grid of them in a 9 by 9. Each roll supports the ones next to it, and the walls support the edge rolls. I think you could do something similar with hotdog buns in a high walled pan, assuming you put the right number per pan, to get the right level of height without needing very wide buns.

    • @[email protected]
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      186 months ago

      I’ll second this. If you look at commercial top-sliced hot dog buns, they’re basically elongated pull-apart rolls that aren’t baked brown on the sides because they were baked right next to a bunch of other rolls. I found this blog post that has a good pic of what I think would be the ideal spacing:

      The parchment paper is almost certainly optional. Neat trick to keep the buns separate but likely not necessary.